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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2010
Alan J. Armiento, New Rochelle, NY (US);
T. J. Bland, White Plains, NY (US);
Robert LA Barbera, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Jacob Olsen, Roselle, IL (US);
Alan J. Armiento, New Rochelle, NY (US);
T. J. Bland, White Plains, NY (US);
Robert La Barbera, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Jacob Olsen, Roselle, IL (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A drop-in anchor system includes a drop-in anchor having a tubular sleeve with a first end and an expandable second end. The sleeve tapers in inner diameter from the first end to the second end at a sleeve taper angle. The drop-in anchor includes a plug insertable in the sleeve such that when the plug is driven into an installed position in the sleeve the second end expands. The plug tapers at a plug taper angle from a head end to a tip end and a difference between the sleeve taper angle and the plug taper angle is about one degree or more. The system includes an installation tool configured to form a hole in a workpiece into which the drop-in anchor is insertable and to drive the plug into the installed position in the sleeve.